Feeding-trough for live stock



F KRUPICKA FEEDING THOUGH FOR LIVE STOCK. 1 APPLICATION FILED MAY I0. I920. 1 35 36. Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

. v ,v I 3% 1/ ANK KRU1?I( )KA, or FRIEND, NEBRASKA.

FEEDING-TBOUGH F012. LIVE s'rocK 1/ '0 all whom it may concern.

Beitkn'own thatl, FRANK KRUProKA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Friend, in the county of Saline and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and and the like, and an objectof the invention is to providea feed trough of'this kind to be suitably supported in the stock yard in a convenient place and which trough can be moved from one place to another at any time"; I

While the design and construction at pres ent illustrated and set forth is deemed preferable, it-is obvious that as aresult of a reduction of the invention to a more practi cal form-for commercial purposes, the inventlon' may be suscept ble to changes, and the right to these changesis claimed, provided they are comprehended within the scope of whatis claimed. I

The invention comprises further features and, combination of'parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 isafperspectwe View of the improved feed troughs for .live stock constructed in accordance with theinvention,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the same showing the trough in up right position in full lines and in an inverted or upturned, position in dotted lines, 1 Fig. 3' is a detail plan view of one corner of one of the troughs, showing the same mounted in a bearing ofa lateral ear' of one of the arms 7 of one of the'brackets. I

. Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a base which may be a board, plank or any othersuitable material and 2 denotes concrete blocks or slabs. These slabs or blocks may, if desired, be constructed upon the ground in the stock yard, in fact partly V embedded therein, hence immovable. 7 However, when the concrete blocks or slabs are supported on the wood base it is possible to move the wood base from one place to another in the stock yard.

@Secu'red to the cement blocks or slabs preferably by suitable bolts or the like 4 j Application filed May 10,

1920. Serial nolssonaa y I are brackets 5 which are provided with upturned arms 6 and 7. These arms 6 and; 7 are reinforced by the braces 8,, whichconsist of metal straps which arein turn bolted as at 91t0 the lower parts of the brackets,

-Carried by the upper-ends. of-the arms "7 Specification of Letters Patent. Patntd 0013. 26, 1920 I are lateral cars 10 having apertures 11. The

upright arms Gare provided with lateral are provided, and which maybe constructed of any suitable material preferably wood or the like, although it is obvious that they -may be' constructed'ofmetal if so desired,

or of any other suitable material, Secured at 13 to the ends of the troughs 14 are ansupporting lugs 12. Suitable feed troughs gle plates 15 havingtrunnions 16 which are lugs on the-farm -7. These trunnions. are

arranged adjacent the rear part of the trough so that when thetrough is inzanl up.

right position, one side of the trough may rest onthe supporting lugs or arms '12 and 'journaled in the apertures of. the lateral be held in horizontal rplanes, whereby/live v stock can feed-fromeither side. i Y

It is obvious that inthe winteryparticu 'l'arly when snowingor'raining, the troughs may be inverted or-iupaturned in orderto. keep out the snow and the like, :Also'when it is de'sired'to empty the refuse the troughs may b'einverted and'then repositioned*,fin'

of screws or the' like 19. Bars 20 are connected to the upper ends of the arms 18 by means of screws 21'; Thesescrews 21 and those which secure the upright arms to the troughscanbe removed and-the barsj 'and the uprights detached and arranged in the troughs when they are put away in storage.

The trunnions have apertures 22 which receive cotter pins 23 to prevent detachment of the trunnions from their bearingswhen the troughs are in use. While it is obvious 7 that the brackets are designed to. remain outdoors when'the troughs are in storage it is equally understood that they may be detached and placedin storage afterward,

The "longitudinally extending bars which connect the upright arms of the troughs also act as guards toprevent' theheads of the animals from reaching from opposite sides of the trough when in the act of feedvious that these slabs or blocks are designed to be embedded or set in the ground in the stockyard for the purpose of supporting.

the brackets.

7 It is to be noted that the trough can be turned over or inverted in the wintertime to keep out the snow and the like so that at 7 all times the trough is clean and when the 'feed is left in thetrough, the trough can be easily inverted to empty the same whereby other feed can be placed therein. Furthermore the trough can be easily and quickly taken apart and the guard bar. detached and the'trough'proper placed away in storage.

a The cement base may be positioned at various locations in a stock vyard so that'the trough and its stands can be moved from one 7 base to another. In fact, the cement base may be mounted upon a-portable wood base which can be lifted and. moved from one place to another and if necessary the wood base can also be placed away out of theweather.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed/as new and useful is:

'1. In a feed trough, a base, a pair of vU- shaped brackets mounted on the base, certain arms'of the brackets having lateral supporting lugs, a feed trough pivotally and operatively supported on other arms of the brackets, whereby the forward part of the trough may rest upon'the supporting lugs 1n an upright position andwhereby the. trough maybe inverted and disposed in an offset direction from over the base, and means constituting a handle and rising upwardly from the ,trough and adapted to engage the ground when the trough is inverted to support the trough in an inverted position.

2. In a feed trough, a base, a pair of U- shaped brackets mounted on the 'base,-;each

bracket having long and short upright arms,

theshort arm of each bracket having a latsignature.

eral support extending in a direction towardthe corresponding support of the short arm of the other bracket, the upper extremities of the longer arms of bothbracketshaving at right angles to the supports of the short arms, a feed trough pivotally and operatively mounted in bearings of the supports of the longer arms, and adapted, when in an upright normal position to rest on the supports of the short arms.

3. In a .feed trough, a

base, a pair of U 5 5r lateral parallel supports extending in lanes shaped brackets mounted on the base, each bracket having long and short upright arms,

the short arm of each bracket having a lat- V eralsupport extending in a direction toward the corresponding support of the short arm of the other bracket, the upper extremities of the longer arms of both brackets having. lateral parallel supports extending in planes at right angles to the supports of the short arms, a feed trough pivotally and operatively mounted in bearingsof the supports of the longer arms, and adapted, when in an upright normal position to rest'on the supports of the short arms, said jtrough'being movable pivotally on its connections with the supports of the longer armsto an entirely inverted position, whereby the trough may drain, and a combined "han'dleand f trough support raising upwardly. from the trough thereby adapted .to engage the ground and support the trough when inverted. I 7

4. In a feed trough, a base, apair of brackets, mounted on the base, a'trough. pivthe corresponding arms of the brackets, means carried by the'other 1 arms of the .otally and operatively mounted on certain of brackets for supporting the trough in, an

upright normal position, said trough being tiltable-from'its normal-position to a com plete inverted position offset from the base and a U-shaped handle rising upwardly from the ends of the trough and 'constituting a support adapted to engage the ground when the trough is completely-inverted to support the trough in such invertedposition.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix' my FRANK KR'UPICKVAQI f 

